NetDynam 2.0

What has the internet done to us?

“I can see this thing being marketed to adults.”

[future iPads] “…less of a giant iPhone for old people.”

Well…somebody’s kid; publishing their review–574 views and counting.

Another millenial’s view.

Comment. Them younger peeps want me some robust gadgets and they want it all now! 

iPad will be a big hit. However, as an Apple user for 25+ years, and as a casual observer of Apple, I know enough to wait for the second generation to arrive. This will happen in 12-18 months. I haven’t checked out the full specs, so I’m hoping that its flash drive storage can be augmented via USB. The only other requirement for me personally would be that it can display Adobe Acrobat. This would allow me to read scholarly papers while horizontal. I don’t know why Apple hasn’t licensed Adobe Flash, although I could go and find out. Maybe some combination of dollars and security figure into this odd deficit.  

iPad connotation?

The scene used here has been redeployed many times in other parodies. Still, this works for me and is headed to viral heights.

Whereas the following video has already made rounds years ago.

Is Technology Dumbing Down Japanese?

Emily Parker, New York Times, November 5, 2009 | src

excerpt:

Now the Japanese language is being transformed by blogs, e-mail and keitai shosetsu, or cellphone novels. Americans may fret over the ways digital communications encourage sloppy grammar and spelling, but in Japan these changes are much more wrenching. A vertically written language seems to be becoming increasingly horizontal. Novels are being written and read on little screens. People have gotten so used to typing on computers that they can no longer write characters by hand. And English words continue to infiltrate the language.

todays’ UK Guardian tells that the UK govt will allow companies to track your internet usage to supply you with ‘better’ targetted ads. the EU doesn’t like it. whither civil liberties in the UK? adsense anyone?
see article on “government faces legal action over online snooping”

hey frank – web 3.0 anyone?

Several members of the list  have already adopted 2.0 tools on both a personal and professional level and are capable bloggers.  In launching this site,  WordPress was provisioned as the platform with the idea of  leveraging the strength of their experience. As a “mini” content management system (CMS), it seems adequate to the task.

However, WordPress has it’s origins as a blogging platform, and blogs, as we are most familiar with them, are known primarily as the province of the individual voice. This brings the first issue of group interest into focus – how does the group present itself to the public? Read the rest of this entry »